Cigarette machine



June 27, 11933 M. H. MURPHREE 1,915,437

CIGARETTE MACHINE Filed July 26, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l Invenlor June 27', 3933 M. H. MURPHREE 1,915,437

CIGARETTE MACHINE Filed July 26, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I/II Inventor f7, 15/, Warp/wee Patented June 27, 1933 PATENT OFFICE H. MURPHREE, F OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY CIGARETTE MACHINE Application filed July 26,

Thepresent invention relates to new and vuseful improvements in cigarette machines and has for one of its important .ob]ects to I, provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, adevice-of this character which may be conveniently carried in the pocket.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a cigarette machine of the aforementioned character which, in addition to m including means for making cigarettes, also constitutes a container for a quantity of tobacco.

ther objects of the invention are to provide a cigarette machine of the aforementionedcharacter which will be simple in construction, strong, durable, highly eilicient and reliable in use,.compact, light in weight, and which may be manufactured at low cost.

Allofthe foregoing .and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

and wherein: V

Figure .1 .is a perspective view of a cigarette machineconstructed in. accordance with the present invention, showing the same inverted.

Figure-2 is a view in vertical section, taken substantially on the line 22 of :Figure 1, showing the nozzle in extended or operative position with atube thereon.

:Figure 3 is va view in vertical transverse section,taken substantiallyon theline 33 of Figure .2.

Figure isadetail view in cross section, takensubstantially on the line 44 of Figure 2.

,Figure {5 ;is a detail sectional view taken substantiallyon the line 55 of Figure 2 with the gloading nozzle in inoperative position.

Figurefi is a detail view in perspective of the reciprocating piston. V

Figure 7 ;is a detail view in perspective of the !nozzle.

Figure-Sis a detailviewin vertical longitudinal section through the piston, taken substantially on1the-line8+8 of Figure 6.

1932. Serial No. 624,857.

Figure 9 is a detail view in perspective of a cigarette tube.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the present invention which has been illustrated comprises a metallic container 1 which is of a size and shape to be conveniently carried in the pocket, said container being permanently closed at its lower end by a bottom2-a'nd being provided with a removable closure 3 .on its top. For a major portion of its length, the bottom 2 has formed therein a substantially trough-shaped. depression .4: which is open at one end.

The reference numeral 5 designates the enlarged mouth portion of a nozzle 6 of tubular form which is hingedly mounted, as at 7, on the bottom 2 of the container 1. The nozzle 6 is provided with a beveled free end 8. The mouth portion f the nozzle 6 includes an arcuate wall 9 constituting a closure for the adjacent end of the depression 4 when the nozzle is swung to operative position, as seen in Figure 2 of the drawings, and further constitutinga closure for preventing the en- 7 trance of tobacco into the nozzle when said nozzle is in inoperative position. Container 1 is, of course, for the reception of the tobacco. The depression is for the reception of the nozzle 6 when said nozzleisin inoperative position. Flanges 10 project laterally from the hinged end of thenozzle 6 and are engageable withthe inner side'of the bottom p 2 for limiting the outward swinging movement of said nozzle 6. The reference nu- 35 meral 1 1 designates a paper tube which is slidably mounted on the nozzle'6 for receiving the tobacco therefrom, saidtube being closed at its outer end.

Mountedin the container 1 is an elongated cylinder 12 having extending therefrom spaced, opposed supportingfianges 13 which arefixedinany suitable manner to the adjacent wall of said container 1 on opposite sides" of a longitudinal slot 14 which is provided in said adjacent container wall. The supporting flanges 13 define a space establishing communication between the slot 14: and the cylinder 12.. The cylinder 12 is spaced from the bottom 2 of the containerl .and is alined with 6 12 is an elongated, tubular piston which is adapted to be projected into the nozzle 6 when said nozzle is in operative position. To

this end, theend of the cylinder 12 which is adjacent the nozzle .6 is" open to accommodate the piston. The piston 15 is always engaged in the opening which is provided therefor in the cylinder 12 to prevent the entrance of tobacco from the container into said cylinder. The end of the piston 15 which enters the nozzle 6 is closed as illustrated to advantage in Figure 8 of the drawings. A coil spring16 has one end anchoredin the end portion of the cylinder'12 which is remote from the nozzle 6, said coil spring extending into the piston15. and having its other end anchored to said piston 15 adjacent its closed end. The coilspring 16 constitutes means for retracting the piston 15. Fixed on the piston 15is an-angular operating handle 17' which is operable in the slot 14:. On its outer end, the handle 17 is provided with a finger or thumb engaging portion 18. The handle 1-7, of course, is also operable between'the flanges 13 of the cylinder 12. i

In use, when it is desired to form a cigarette, a paper tube 11 is slipped on the nozzle 6, as seen in Figure 20f the drawings, the

nozzle 6, of-course, having been swung outwardly to operative position from within the recess 4. The container 1 is then positioned so that tobacco willfall by gravity into the corner portion of said container upon which the nozzel. 6 is mounted, or, in other. words, between the nozzle 6 and the piston 15. The piston 15 is then manually projected into the nozzle 6 against the tension of the coil spring 16 for :forcinga quantity'of tobacco through the nozzle and intothe closed end portion of the paper tube 11. The handle 17 is -then released and the piston 15 is returned to re .tracted position by the coil spring 16. The

operation is repeated until the paper tube 11 has been substantially filled with tobacco, at

which time said paper tube is removed from the'nozzle 6. As the successive strokes of the piston 15 force the tobacco into the tube 11, said tube 11 is slid toward the free end of the nozzle 6. After the tube 11 has been'filled and removed, the nozzle 6 may be conveniently swung to inoperative position Within the recess 4 of the container 1. When lighting the cigarette which has thus been formed, the'open end of the tube v11 is placed in the mouth and the closed end of'the tube is burned oil in lighting, thus permitting the smoker to draw on the cigarette.

- It is believed that themany advantages ofa cigarette machineconstructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily' understood, and although the preferred embodiment of theinventionis as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A cigarette machine comprising acontainer for the reception of tobacco, said container having a slot in a wall thereof, an elongated cylinder mounted in the container, spaced,- opposed flanges extending from the cylinder and fixed to the container immediately adjacent opposite sides of the slot, a nozzle hingedly mounted on the container for swinging movement to a position in alinement with the cylinder and adapted to have mounted thereon a cigarette tube, apiston mounted for reciprocation in the cylinder, the

'tube,a handle connected to the piston and operable between the flanges and in the slot and providing means for actuating the piston inone direction, and resilient means for actuating the piston in the opposite direction.

2. A cigarette machine comprising a container for the reception of tobacco, said container having a slot. in a wall thereof, an elongated cylinder mounted in the container, spaced, opposed flanges extending from the cylinder. and fixed to the container immediately adjacent opposite sides of the slot, a nozzlehingedly mounted on the container for swinging movement toia position in alinement with the cylinder and adapted to have mouted thereon a. cigarette tube, a piston mounted for reciprocation in the cylinder, the nozzle communicating with the container for receiving tobacco therefrom, the piston being engageable in the nozzle for conveying the tobacco through said nozzle into the cigarette tube, a handle connected to the iston and operable between the flanges and in the slot and providing means for actuating the piston inone direction, and resilient means for actuating thepiston in the opposite direction, said piston including an elongated tube closed at one end and open at its other end, the resilient means comprising a coil spring mounted in the piston and having one end anchored to said piston adjacent its closed 'ment withthe cylinder and adapted to have end, the resilient means comprising a coil spring mounted in the piston and having one end anchored to said piston ad acent its closed I end and its other end anchored to the cylinder, the container having an elongated depression therein for the reception of the nozzle when said nozzle is in inoperative position.

4. A cigarette machine comprising a container for the reception of tobacco, said containerhaving an elongated depression in one of its walls, said depression being open at one end, a nozzle hingedly mounted for swinging movement on said one wall of the container, said nozzle communicating with the container for receiving tobacco therefrom and constituting means for mounting a cigarette tube to be filled, the nozzle comprising an enlarged mouth portion including an arcuate wall constituting a closure for said one end of the depression when the nozzle is in operative position and further constituting a closure for preventing the entrance of tobacco into the nozzle when said nozzle is in inoperative position, the nozzle being engageable in the depression when in inoperative position, said nozzle still further including flanges projecting laterally therefrom and engageable with the container for limiting the swinging movement'of said nozzle toward operative position, a cylinder mounted in the container in alinement with the nozzle and spaced therefrom, a piston mounted for reciprocation in the cylinder, and engageable in the nozzle for conveying tobacco through said nozzle into the cigarette tube, and means for actuating the piston.

5. A cigarette machine comprising a container for the reception of tobacco, said container having a slot in a wall thereof, an elongated cylinder mounted in the container, spaced opposed flanges extending from the cylinder and fixed to the container immediately adjacent opposite sides of the slot, a nozzle communicating with the container in alinement with the cylinder, a piston mounted for reciprocation inthe cylinder, said piston being engageable in the nozzle for conveying the tobacco through said nozzle, and a handle connected to the piston and operable between the flanges and in the slots and providing means for actuating the piston.

6. A cigarette machine comprising a container for the reception of tobacco, said container having an elongated depression in one end of its wall, said depression being open at one end, a nozzle hingedly mounted for swinging movement on said one wall of the container, said nozzle communicating with the container for receiving tobacco therefrom and constituting means for mounting a cigarette tube to be filled, the nozzle comprising an elongated mouth port-ion including an arcuate wall constituting a closure for said one end of the depression when the nozzel is in operative position and further constituting a closure for preventing the entrance of tobacco into the nozzle when said nozzle is in inoperative position, the nozzle being engageable in the depression when in inoperative position, said nozzle still further including flanges'projecting laterally therefrom and engageable with the container for limiting the swinging movement of said nozzle toward operative position, and means in the container for ejecting tobacco therefrom into the nozzle when in operative position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MALLORY H. MURPHREE. 

